Regina Nazzarena Sewall Obituary (1920 - 2013)

Regina Nazzarena Sewall, 93, died Thurs., Feb. 28, 2013 at her residence. She was born Jan. 27, 1920 in Bradford, PA. the daughter of Teresa and Augusto Corsi. She attended St. Bernard's Elementary School and High School. After graduation she went on to the Saint Francis School of Nursing in Pittsburgh, PA. She received her R.N. in Oct. of 1940 and was employed by the hospital. In 1943 she entered the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps as an ensign and served at the Philadelphia Naval Hospital until July 1944. She was then transferred to the San Leandro Naval Hospital in Calif. where she met Dr. Kenneth Sewall whom she married in Dec. of 1945. In Mar. 1945 she graduated from the School for Air Evacuations at the U.S. Naval Air Station in Alameda, CA. As a flight nurse she attended casualties to the war in the Pacific as they were flown back from forward areas. After peace was declared, she joined a team of active service people promoting the sale of U.S. Bonds in the Pittsburgh area. She was discharged from the service Mar. 1946 with the rank of Lt. J.G. Arriving in Waterville, she helped her husband in the first months of his practice and did the same when he became semi-retired for a four year period. She was a member of the Corpus Christi Parish; served on the Mansfield Clinic Board as Secretary; a member of the Hospital Auxiliary; a guild member of the Historical Society of Early America; a member of the Samaritan Dept. of the Waterville Woman's Club; a past long time member of the Waterville Country Club; a member of the Waterville Historical Society; and a member of St. Francis Medical Center School of Nursing Alumni Association. She had many interests, never at a loss for something to do. Most of all, she loved the time spent with family and close friends. She was predeceased by her husband, Dr. Kenneth Sewall and a daughter, Nancy. She is survived by her three sons, Richard and wife Gwyn, Peter and companion Lynette, Robert and wife Mia; her step-son Jay; four granddaughters; two grandsons; one great-granddaughter; and two great-grandsons. At the request of the family there will be no visiting hours. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Notre Dame Church, 112 Silver St., Waterville, at 11:00 a.m. Sat. April 13, 2013. Burial will be in St. Francis Catholic Cemetery, 78 Grove St., Waterville at a later date. The family would like to extend special thanks to all the people at HealthReach Hospice, especially Lynette Poirier, Ania Swiercz and Becky Emery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her memory to Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter, 19 Colby St., Waterville, ME 04901 or to Corpus Christi Soup Kitchen, 70 Pleasant St., Waterville, ME 04901.